Author: NOUF AL-HIMIARYThu, 2017-12-14 03:00ID: 1513204523134182100JEDDAH: In a historical decision to lift the ban on cinemas in the Kingdom announced on Monday, movie theaters will open for the first time in 35 years in March 2018, with 2,000 scr…- 4 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 5:36pm -

Author: MOHAMMED RASOOLDEENThu, 2017-12-14 03:00ID: 1513204523154182400RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement in Dhaka to set up an SR188 million solar plant in Bangladesh.The agreement was signed between the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber…- 4 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 5:36pm -

Author: TARIQ AL-THAQAFI | Special to Arab NewsWed, 2017-12-13 21:34ID: 1513183896112262500JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabia Hiking Team has traveled more than 300,000 km to introduce the world to the Kingdom’s mountains and mountaintops.The team consist…- 8 hours ago, 13 Dec 17, 12:49pm -

The admission by the UK government that the Saudi-led coalition used UK-made BL-755 cluster munitions during the armed conflict in Yemen, comes months after Amnesty International and British media outlets reported that these weapons had been us…- 31 Dec 69, 7:00pm -

Over the past 16 months, I have made multiple trips to Yemen to document the devastating, ongoing war where fighters on the ground and the Saudi Arabia-led coalition from the air have committed war crimes and other serious violations of the laws of w…- 31 Dec 69, 7:00pm -

As it turns out, blackmail is good strategy for governments that want to get away with killing children in conflict. This week, Saudi Arabia and its allies reportedly threatened to pull hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance to the United Nati…- 31 Dec 69, 7:00pm -

For over a year now, the British government has flatly rejected claims that the Saudi Arabian-led coalition has violated the laws of war during its conflict in Yemen, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Although the British government supp…- 31 Dec 69, 7:00pm -

Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division, oversees the work of the division in 19 countries, with staff located in 10 countries. She has led dozens of advocacy and investigative missions thr…- 31 Dec 69, 7:00pm -

Main image: RELATIONS between the secular authorities of Britain and Russia have rarely been so tense, to judge by the thundering rhetoric used this month by Theresa May. Denouncing…- 20 days ago, 24 Nov 17, 7:48am -

Main image: SAUDI ARABIA has rounded up so many top officials that it is running out of space at the Ritz-Carlton in which to jail them. Since November 4th more than 200 princes, minist…- 29 days ago, 15 Nov 17, 3:50am -

Sources of food are a lifeline in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, but are being targeted by the Saudi-led coalitionAt 11.30pm, 10 nautical miles off Yemen’s western Red Sea coast, seven fishermen were near the end of the four hours it had…- 2 days ago, 12 Dec 17, 12:00am -

Move forms part of social reforms by the crown prince that are shaking up the ultra-conservative kingdomSaudi Arabia is to allow cinemas to open for the first time in 35 years as it continues a push to overhaul its society and image after decades of…- 3 days ago, 11 Dec 17, 8:11am -

US foreign diplomacy driven by ego in pursuit of the ultimate deal is no plan for Middle East peaceOne of the first principles of international relations is that effective diplomacy is always prosecuted in pursuit of clear foreign policy objectives,…- 4 days ago, 9 Dec 17, 7:05pm -

Whish-Wilson says operation was planned rather than occurring ‘opportunistically’ as Marise Payne has described A controversial Australian naval exercise conducted with Saudi Arabia’s navy in the midst of the blockade of Yemen may be the beginn…- 5 days ago, 8 Dec 17, 4:00pm -

Donald Trump’s unilateral move to back Israel’s claim to holy city has reunited competing factions across the Middle East to a common causeThe Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has drawn widespread condemnati…- 6 days ago, 7 Dec 17, 2:13pm -

Hundreds of bank accounts frozen as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘anti-corruption campaign’ continuesSaudi officials have disclosed that 159 business leaders, including members of the royal family, have been detained at a five-star hotel…- 8 days ago, 5 Dec 17, 1:20pm -

Riyadh has spoken out against US threats to move its diplomatic HQ from Tel Aviv but will the president listen?Of all the issues at the heart of the enduring conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, none is as sensitive as the status of Jerusale…- 8 days ago, 5 Dec 17, 9:47am -

Latest development in six-month-long Qatar dispute throws future of Gulf Cooperation Council into doubtThe United Arab Emirates has announced the formation of a new political and military alliance with Saudi Arabia, throwing into doubt the future of…- 9 days ago, 5 Dec 17, 5:30am -